Andrew Finkelstein
Managing Partner | Finkelstein & Partners, LLP
Andrew Finkelstein is a personal injury, wrongful death and car accidents trial lawyer and managing partner at Finkelstein & Partners, LLP in Newburgh, New York. Admitted in New York and New Jersey; J.D., Brooklyn Law School.
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Andrew Finkelstein is the managing partner of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, a personal injury firm based in Newburgh, New York. He handles wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases and also practices veterans disability law.
His results include a $125 million settlement that the firm believes is the largest single-victim injury settlement in New York history, a $55 million settlement in the eBay cyberstalking case, a record $50 million confidential settlement for a single injury claim, a $31 million jury verdict in Ulster County and a $13.5 million motor vehicle settlement. In pharmaceutical litigation he has chaired the plaintiffs’ personal injury steering committee in the Neurontin MDL and served on steering committees for the hormone replacement therapy, Ortho Evra and Viagra MDLs. He also led the firm’s pro bono work for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund through Trial Lawyers Care.
Finkelstein served as president of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association for 2025-2026, its 58th president. He is executive chairman and a faculty member at Trial School and has taught at Keenan Trial Institute and Trial Lawyers University. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School, and is admitted in New York and New Jersey and before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Brooklyn Law School
- B.S., Syracuse University
- Admitted in New York
- Admitted in New Jersey
- U.S. District Courts in New York and New Jersey
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Practice Areas
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association (President 2025-2026; Executive Board)
- The National Trial Lawyers (Executive Board; 2013 Executive Committee)
- Trial School (Executive Chairman; Faculty)
- New York State Bar Association
- Orange County Bar Association
- Public Justice
- American Association for Justice
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- National Safety Council
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 50 Most Influential Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers (2014-2025)
- The Trial Lawyer Round Table: America's 100 Most Influential Trial Lawyers (2014, 2015)
- Top Attorneys in America (2023)
- Top Attorneys in Upstate New York (2011, 2013, 2020-2023)
- Top Attorneys in Hudson Valley (2016, 2018, 2019)
- Faces of the Hudson Valley (2023)
- $125 Million Settlement: Settlement believed to be the largest injury settlement for a single victim in New York State history.
- $55 Million Settlement: Settlement in the eBay cyberstalking case.
- $50 Million Confidential Settlement: Record confidential settlement for a single injury claim.
- $31 Million Verdict: Ulster County, New York, jury verdict for a 36-year-old woman rear-ended by a box truck who later developed cauda equina syndrome.
- $13.5 Million Settlement: Settlement in a motor vehicle accident case.
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